The molecular basis of Friedreich ataxia

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 516, Issue , 2002, Pages 99-118

  Pandolfo, Massimo ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DEFEROXAMINE; FRATAXIN; IRON; UBIQUINONE DERIVATIVE;

CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHELATION THERAPY; CHROMOSOME 9; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DNA HELIX; DNA METHYLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA STRUCTURE; FRDA GENE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHLEBOTOMY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPINAL GANGLION; TOXICITY;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0036940427     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0117-6_5     Document Type: Review

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